skype
What’s Better than Ventrilo for Voice Chat?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed I used to rely on Ventrilo to communicate with the moderators from WyldRyde who help keep control in my chat room. It was kind of difficult to use, so we eventually just stopped connecting. However, I’ve found something much better that [...]
TeamSpeak vs Ventrilo vs Mumble Audio for Gamers
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Voice over IP (or VoIP) is just not going to go away, despite what Wicket wants. It’s not just here for awhile, it’s definitely going to be around. You may have used Skype, or Vonage before to talk to someone. If [...]
Skype on the iPhone / iPod Touch
This morning, CNET reported that Skype is officially coming to the iPhone in a few days. I’m impressed, but not really thrilled. I usually keep Skype open on my desktop, but prefer to use it for video calls only – which you won’t be able to do on the iPhone, so… whatever. On the other [...]
How to FAX over VOIP on the Internet
Brightstar wrote: “I keep hearing about how hard it is for faxes to work through VOIP. I’ve prepared a top 5 list of things you can do to make sure your faxes have the best chance of going through.” Set your baud rate to 9600 and turn off Error Correction Mode. The slower your Fax [...]
VoIP Tips Skype, Phones, Gizmo, and Ventrilo
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed I don’t use traditional means of communication anymore. I tend to use VoIP more than anything. I have Ventrilo open pretty much constantly, to communicate easily with my friends and co-workers. I also just installed it on Ponzi’s computer, so we [...]
What is Ventrilo?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed The community-at-large is loving GoToMeeting as we’ve been using it (they’re offering an exclusive 45-day trial for you right now). While we were chatting tonight, Wirelesspacket demonstrated a VoIP client that we’ve started to use on a regular basis around here [...]
Are You a Skype Supernode?
If you run Skype outside of a NAT configuration, you may be passing traffic as a supernode. Skype’s documentation claims the impact of this extra traffic is negligible, but you can prevent your Skype client / connection from becoming a supernode altogether: Beginning with Skype 3.0, an explicit switch is provided in the registry settings [...]
Skype Audio Problems on the MacBook Pro
For the life of me, I could not figure out why I was only getting audio out of my right MacBookPro speaker. Live chatter Eric Wrixon made the reason abundandly clear: I think I might know why your Skype client on your Macbook Pro only plays audio out of the right speaker. If I’m not [...]
Skype and VOIP Thoughts
Chris | Live Tech Support | Video Help | Add to iTunes http://live.pirillo.com/ – Online auctioneer eBay Inc. said Monday, Niklas Zennstrom, the co-founder and chief executive of Internet phone service Skype, , is stepping down and will become non-executive chairman of Skype’s board. Four of my friends joined me for this discussion: Kat, SC_Thor, [...]
Top 10 Skype Problems for OS X
Well, they may not be problems for everyone – but they’re problems for me with the latest OS X client: I can’t seem to turn off warning messages – like the one that tells me that I have multiple tabs open in a chat window. I can’t seem to turn off cascading windows – I [...]
Skype on Windows Vista
Chris | Live Tech Support | Video Help | Add to iTunes http://live.pirillo.com/ – A user asked if Skype works on Windows Vista, as he was having trouble getting it to work for him. The short answer is yes! Skype works on virtually any platform you would have on a computer. The day this question [...]
Skype Increases Cost of Calls, Silently?
From Skype Journal, although the permalink for the article is currently 404: Effectively without telling you Skype has raised the cost of every Skype Call. They call it a connection fee. So you make a less than 30 second call and leave a quick voicemail. In the good old days of SkypeOut this action cost [...]
Miranda vs. Trillian
As reported tonight, I’ve switched from Trillian to Miranda (for several reasons). It’s been a pretty good experience so far, save a couple of random crashes. Here’s what I love about Miranda: Active development community cranking out updates frequently Slick interaction with popular and minor IM protocols Polished skins are readily available through the directory [...]
Blocking Skype
You aggitatin’ my dots? Turns out, Holland America is blocking Skype – wholesale. I went to download the VoIP client, only to be met with a message (on Skype.com) saying that it was blocked. I can only assume they’re blocking Skype traffic, too – considering they charge (no joke) over $7 per minute for voice [...]
